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implodess

02-28-2004, 01:06 AM

my site comes up 2nd if you google my name and i'd really rather keep it more private...i don't want everyone i know finding it.
does anyone know of a script or something i could do that would block search engines from finding my site or help me "hide" from them without deleting every reference of my name on the entire site?
thanks

Rosey

02-28-2004, 01:12 AM

You can stop the search engines from crawling your site:

http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/faq.html#prevent

implodess

02-28-2004, 01:14 AM

thanks! i've just created the file, but i googled myself and i'm still there. do you have any idea how long it takes before i'm entirely removed?

bourdelson

02-28-2004, 01:16 AM

You could put this code, place it between your <head> tags.

<META NAME="ROBOTS" CONTENT="NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW">

Or you could download the robots.txt file here:

http://www.chami.com/tips/internet/010198I.html

Edit: Sorry, Rosey, your reply wasn't there when I started typing a response. I'm quite slow today. :blush:

Rosey

02-28-2004, 01:16 AM

i'm not sure, google will probably have to come back to your site at least once i'm guessing